Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SOCIAL SERVICES ACT 1975 No. 34, 1975 - SECT 12

12. After section 132 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:-
Payment in advance for period during which qualification ceases.
''132A. Where-

   (a)  an amount has been paid in advance by way of benefit in respect of a
        period (being a period not exceeding 7 days) during which the
        beneficiary ceases to be qualified for the benefit; and

   (b)  the amount is not an amount to which sub-section (1) of section 140
        applies, the fact of the beneficiary so ceasing to be qualified does
        not affect his entitlement to that payment or any part of that
        payment.''.